BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Command has secured a 5-year jail term for Sanni Dikko and Naabu Umar for conspiracy and cheating. Giving his verdict on the two count charge, Justice Mohammed Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court convicted...
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Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Precious Mayor, for allegedly torturing his apprentices at Igbogbo in the Ikorodu area of the state. According to the PUNCH, the victims were said to have traveled from Imo State to receive instruction in cyber fraud...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Director and Head of Department, Family Health , Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Stella Nwosu has called on stakeholders, states and local governments, individuals, families and groups to endeavour to have adequate information and knowledge of self care guidelines and healthcare facilities around...
Saudi club, Liverpool Al-Ittihad have now offered an astonishing £215million to Liverpool to sign Mohamed Salah. This comes after A Saudi Arabian delegation arrived in London on Saturday September 2, to make one last push to persuade Liverpool to sell Salah this week. The Saudi Pro League...
Two persons were confirmed dead while eight others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and a truck around Christopher University on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr. Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday....
The calls were coming as a starcato bark of gunshots; each caller wondered whether I was going home for Obaseki’s Local Government Elections slated for last Saturday, 2 September. I chuckled and laughed everytime. Did they really think Governor Obaseki was ready for elections? Or were they...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has approved the deployment of seven Deputy Inspectors-General (DIGs) and five Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to departments, Commands and formations. IGP Egbetokun’s approval is contained in a statement issued on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Google has appointed Mr. Alex Okosi as the new Managing Director for Google in Africa to help businesses and economies on the grow. Vice President, EMEA Emerging Markets at Google, Meir Brand said in a statement on Tuesday that Okosi would...
The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday said it had arrested two security men for allegedly shooting a man in the eye as a result of a misunderstanding in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities with immediate effect. The AAU Head, Corporate Affairs, Otunba Mike Aladenika, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin. Aladenika said the suspension of activities...
Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said. Based in the jungles of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) pledges allegiance...
Workers in some areas of Lagos State were seen going about their businesses in spite of the two-day warning strike to begin Sept. 5, directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored situations in Lekki Phase 1 area of the...
The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, following his alleged refusal to appear before the party’s Disciplinary Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of NNPP, had been earlier suspended by...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Tuesday urged employers to stop rejecting corps members posted to their establishments for primary assignments. Governor Fintiri made the remark while declaring the 2023 Batch ’B’ Stream 2 orientation programme closed at Damare orientation camp, Girei Local Government. The governor, represented...
Panama defender Gilberto Hernández has been killed in a shooting in his home country, police said. The 26-year-old defender, played for the first division club Club Atlético Independiente de La Chorrera and the national team. He died in an armed attack on a group of people in...
Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, according to a New York Times report, as Russia seeks closer military ties with North Korea. In a rare trip abroad, Kim would...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Nigeria is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholder blocs at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from 18th to 21 September, 2023. This year’s event, being the 12th...
The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the case of a 12-year-old boy, Adebola Akin-Bright, whose small intestine allegedly got missing during his treatment. The Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, inaugurated the committee at a plenary on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the First Bank Group, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan said that the group had made banking transactions convenient for its customers to transact all their business. He said this at the cocktail party organised by the Annual Banking and Finance Conference in Abuja on Monday....
The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, has upheld the victory of Sen. Adams Oshiomhole in the Feb. 25 Edo North Senatorial District election declared by INEC. The tribunal also upheld the election of Rep Ihonvbere Julius of the APC, representing Owan Federal Constituency. The...